Most of our listeners know and love Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya. They know he's as good a poll aggregator as any and has an astute eye for political trends. But this is not one of those podcasts.

This is a podcast about Antisemitism, how it exists across the political spectrum, the ways ignorance and (sometimes) malice spreads it and what we can do to counter it. It should go without saying that Harry is our friend and we are very grateful for him agreeing to this podcast. But we'll say it anyway.

The only thing “historic” about the European Court of Justice’s Apple Tax ruling was how historically quickly the government and its allies in the media moved away from the illegal tax evasion and on to the “how will we spend it?” question.

Not so fast, boys. On this episode we talk with Economist and author of Tax Haven Ireland, Brian O’Boyle about how the deed was done, the steps Ireland has taken to make the immoral tax system seem at least somewhat less illegal now and the reasons why the tax haven is bad for the average worker.

Warning: may contain topics that expose the “it’s very complicated” narratives pushed elsewhere.

Rawan Yaghi was a student of our dearly missed friend, Dr. Refaat Alareer. She holds an MA from CUNY in the United States and she is launching a newsletter titled “Refaat Writes Back.”

The Initiative aims to nurture young writers from Gaza and to help get their message out to the world, a mission Refaat himself dedicated his life to Rawan speaks to PalCast co-hosts about his own journey as a writer who centered the voices of children in Gaza, and how Refaat supported her in this process. Tune in for more details.

In this Echo Chamber Podcast, Beirut-based Irish journalist, Hannah McCarthy rejoins us to talk about the extraordinary 'Pager Bomb' attack directed at Hezbollah (but was without doubt indiscriminate) that has left over 2,900 injured, 150 in critical condition and 9 people dead.

How did this happen? How do you blow up a pager? What will be the Lebanese response? What will Iran do? We talk about it all until the power went in Beirut!

It was a great pleasure to be rejoined on the pod by Dr Musallam Abukhalil, from Dignity for Palestine and activist-artist Adam -SpiceBag- Doyle, to talk about the incredible work the volunteers do on the ground and the importance of art and Irish solidarity to their work.

Thank you to everyone who has donated. You have helped others to become heroes.

We always keep an eye on events across the globe and we are lucky to have EL PAÍS journalist in Mexico, Nicholas Dale Leal to help us do so. There’s been a lot of trouble across Latin America and Nicholas helps us navigate it all. We talk:

Mexican Judicial Reform riots

Cuban water shortages

Nicaragua’s extreme censorship

Venezuela post election debacle

Enjoy

Another member-only podcast about things that we’d never have imagined discussing.

Enjoy.

(Audio re-edited, thanks Fergus for the times)

Malak Mattar is an artist from Gaza, known for her incredibly colorful paintings. She is now struggling to paint the Gaza that she knew. That Gaza is no more, and for this reason, Malak wants to document what she knew, having left on October 5, 2023.

For her, documentation, baring witness and her art is a national duty, an obligation of her heart and a continuation of a legacy started by many Palestinian artists. Malak hails the works of Palestinian artists who were killed in Gaza or those who continue to paint from their tents. Listen to this PalCast episode to understand the role of arts during genocide in Gaza.

Most of our listeners know and love Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya. They know he's as good a poll aggregator as any and

Most of our listeners know and love Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya. They know he's as good a poll aggregator as any and has an astute eye for political trends. But this is not one of those podcasts.

This is a podcast about Antisemitism, how it exists across the political spectrum, the ways ignorance and (sometimes) malice spreads it and what we can do to counter it. It should go without saying that Harry is our friend and we are very grateful for him agreeing to this podcast. But we'll say it anyway.

In this packed podcast US-Based Russian-Irish Economics Professor Constantin Gurdgiev talks the Trump v Kamala debate, the broader context of US politics, the Apple Tax, Sinn Féin's housing plan, Ireland's windfall/ill gotten gains, the BRICS becoming a rival to US hegemony and much, much more